Information processing apparatus

Abstract

According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus including: a display configured to include a display screen and to display image information at a display position on the display screen, the display screen having a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, the display position represented by pixel-based coordinates; a calculation module configured to calculate coordinates of a next display position at which the image information is to be displayed next based on coordinate information of the display position and differential coordinate information, the coordinate information representing a position where the image information is to be displayed, the differential coordinate information representing a pixel-based distance with which the display position shifts; and a display control module configured to control the display to display the image information at the next display position based on the coordinate thereof.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
 a display configured to include a display screen and to display image information at a display position on the display screen, the display screen having a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, the display position represented by pixel-based coordinates; 
 a controller including a central processing unit which performs processing according to programs stored in a memory, the controller including a calculation module configured to calculate coordinates of a next display position at which the image information is to be displayed next based on coordinate information of the display position and differential coordinate information, the coordinate information representing a position where the image information is to be displayed, the differential coordinate information representing a pixel-based distance with which the display position shifts; 
 a display control module configured to control the display to display the Image information at the next display position based on the coordinate thereof; 
 wherein the image information is to be superimposed on a wallpaper of a standby screen. 
 
     
     
       2. An information processing apparatus comprising:
 a display configured to include a display screen and to display image information at a display position from among a plurality of initial display positions on the display screen, the display screen having a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, the initial display positions represented by pixel-based coordinates; 
 a controller including a central processing unit which performs processing according to programs stored in a memory, the controller including a calculation module configured to calculate coordinates of next display positions at which the image information is to be displayed next, in accordance with the initial display positions based on coordinate information of the initial positions and differential coordinate information, the differential coordinate information representing a pixel-based distance with which the display position shifts; 
 a display control module configured to control the display to display the Image information at one position of the next display positions based on the coordinates thereof; 
 wherein the image information is to be superimposed on a wallpaper of a standby screen. 
 
     
     
       3. The apparatus according to  claim 2 , further comprising:
 a selection accepting module configured to accept a selection of one of the next display positions. 
 
     
     
       4. The apparatus according to  claim 3 ,
 wherein the selection accepting module is configured to accept the selection on a change screen for changing the display position. 
 
     
     
       5. The apparatus according to  claim 2 ,
 wherein the calculation module is configured to calculate the coordinates of the next display positions when changing the display position is instructed or when a given time elapses after the display position is changed. 
 
     
     
       6. The apparatus according to  claim 2 , further comprising a memory configured to store the differential coordinate information,
 wherein the differential coordinate information is updated after the display module displays the image information.